shrill
/ʃɹɪl/ adjective C2- High-pitched and piercing. · The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds.
- Having a shrill voice.
- Sharp or keen to the senses.
- Especially of a woman: fierce, loud, strident.
Comparative shriller · Superlative shrillest
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“We will!” cried all the mice, in a shrill chorus.
He waved his hand, and they scampered away downstairs like so many rats, and we heard their shrill voices next moment in the street.
“Not like cats!” cried the Mouse, in a shrill, passionate voice.
“Get up!” said the Queen, in a shrill, loud voice, and the three gardeners instantly jumped up, and began bowing to the King, the Queen, the royal children, and everybody else.
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